Assembly Bill A10640

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to establishing energy efficiency measures by the public service commission and the New York state energy research and development authority

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A10640 (ACTIVE) - Details

See Senate Version of this Bill:
S8052
Current Committee:
Assembly Energy
Law Section:
Public Service Law
Laws Affected:
Add §66-q, Pub Serv L; add §5-123, Energy L
Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
2021-2022: A3996, S3126
2023-2024: A2655, S2469

2019-A10640 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to establishing energy efficiency measures by the public service commission and the New York state energy research and development authority including requiring utilities to hire and train employees who are living in areas designated as potential environmental justice areas of concern.

2019-A10640 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   10640
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                               June 17, 2020
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  COMMITTEE ON RULES -- (at request of M. of A. Hunter) --
   read once and referred to the Committee on Energy
 
 AN ACT to amend the public service law and the energy law,  in  relation
   to  establishing  energy  efficiency  measures  by  the public service
   commission and the New York  state  energy  research  and  development
   authority

   THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section 1. The public service law is amended by adding a  new  section
 66-q to read as follows:
   § 66-Q. ENERGY  EFFICIENCY  PROGRAM.  1.  AS USED IN THIS SECTION, THE
 FOLLOWING TERMS SHALL HAVE THE FOLLOWING MEANINGS:
   (A) "COST EFFECTIVE" MEANS  PRODUCING  BENEFITS  THAT  OUTWEIGH  COSTS
 PURSUANT TO THE COMMISSION'S BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS, PLUS THE SOCIAL COST
 OF  METHANE,  AND  NON-ENERGY BENEFITS AS DESCRIBED IN THE "RHODE ISLAND
 TEST" (RI. TEST) OR A SUBSEQUENTLY IDENTIFIED BENEFIT-COST ANALYSIS THAT
 MORE COMPLETELY ACCOUNTS FOR EXTERNALIZED BENEFITS OF ENERGY  EFFICIENCY
 SPENDING;
   (B)  "ENERGY  EFFICIENCY"  MEANS  THE REDUCTION IN OVERALL ENERGY USE,
 EXPRESSED AS A PERCENTAGE AGAINST A PRIOR BASELINE OF HISTORICAL USE, OR
 IN BRITISH THERMAL UNITS (BTUS). ENERGY EFFICIENCY SHALL  INCLUDE  ENVI-
 RONMENTALLY BENEFICIAL ELECTRIFICATION;
   (C)  "ENERGY  EFFICIENCY  MEASURE" MEANS A PARTICULAR GOOD OR PRACTICE
 THAT PROVIDES AN ENERGY EFFICIENCY BENEFIT;
   (D) "ENVIRONMENTALLY BENEFICIAL ELECTRIFICATION" MEANS  A  REPLACEMENT
 OF  DIRECT  FOSSIL  FUEL  USE WITH ELECTRICITY SUCH THAT THE REPLACEMENT
 REDUCES OVERALL EMISSIONS AND ENERGY COSTS;
   (E) "POTENTIAL ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AREAS OF CONCERN" MEANS AREAS  OF
 UNITED  STATES  CENSUS BLOCK GROUPS OF TWO HUNDRED FIFTY TO FIVE HUNDRED
 HOUSEHOLDS EACH THAT, IN THE MOST RECENTLY RELEASED  CENSUS,  HAD  POPU-
 LATIONS  THAT  MET OR EXCEEDED AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING STATISTICAL
 THRESHOLDS:
   (I) AT LEAST 51.1 PERCENT OF THE POPULATION IN AN URBAN AREA  REPORTED
 THEMSELVES TO BE MEMBERS OF MINORITY GROUPS; OR
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
              

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